Shmuel Hadas (1931 – January 12, 2010) was an Israeli diplomat. He was born to a Zionist Jewish family in Argentina. In 1953, he emigrated to Israel. In 1964 joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was Ambassador to Bolivia from 1971 until 1975.^[1] In January 1986, he became the first Israeli ambassador to Spain,^[2] and in 1994 the first Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, a position he held until 1997.^[3]

In 1997, he retired from diplomatic work and engaged in academic and cultural work.

• Israel–Spain relations

• "Distinguished Israeli diplomat Shmuel Hadas dies at 72". World Jewish Congress. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• Uri Dromi (22 January 2010). שמואל הדס, השגריר הראשון בספרד ובוותיקן, 1931-2010 [Shmuel Hadas, Spain and the first ambassador to the Vatican, 1931-2010]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 August 2014.